Carroll
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #8,921
Given to boys 85.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1934 · 874 births
- Debut · boys
- 26 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 35,431since 1880
Carroll over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,659 | 15 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,306 | 13 | |
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,139 | 9 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,310 | 9 | |
| 2008 | — | #8,324 | 9 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | — | #5,303 | 16 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,035 | 15 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,142 | 14 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,588 | 12 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #3,160 | 23 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #3,109 | 22 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #2,697 | 26 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | #2,303 | 32 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #2,295 | 31 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | #1,730 | 46 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #1,567 | 51 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #1,553 | 47 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #1,534 | 46 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #1,385 | 51 |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 | #1,228 | 60 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | #1,382 | 47 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #1,067 | 69 |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 | #1,124 | 66 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #1,111 | 67 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | #1,022 | 78 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | #1,044 | 71 |
| 1978 | #2,680 | 31 | #1,109 | 62 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 | #904 | 88 |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 | #897 | 85 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | #861 | 93 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 | #813 | 98 |
| 1973 | #2,267 | 34 | #737 | 118 |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | #692 | 134 |
| 1971 | #2,477 | 30 | #688 | 145 |
| 1970 | #1,904 | 45 | #672 | 148 |
| 1969 | #1,871 | 44 | #633 | 156 |
| 1968 | #1,708 | 47 | #575 | 172 |
| 1967 | #1,702 | 45 | #548 | 184 |
| 1966 | #1,488 | 55 | #563 | 183 |
| 1965 | #1,595 | 49 | #575 | 177 |
| 1964 | #1,443 | 61 | #550 | 205 |
| 1963 | #1,478 | 57 | #492 | 263 |
| 1962 | #1,407 | 62 | #517 | 233 |
| 1961 | #1,428 | 61 | #486 | 264 |
| 1960 | #1,147 | 90 | #480 | 273 |
| 1959 | #1,306 | 67 | #457 | 305 |
| 1958 | #1,164 | 83 | #465 | 284 |
| 1957 | #1,109 | 89 | #399 | 378 |
| 1956 | #1,043 | 96 | #377 | 392 |
| 1955 | #1,106 | 81 | #361 | 403 |
| 1954 | #1,011 | 94 | #346 | 428 |
| 1953 | #974 | 96 | #337 | 426 |
| 1952 | #930 | 99 | #322 | 486 |
| 1951 | #831 | 116 | #306 | 514 |
| 1950 | #755 | 131 | #285 | 554 |
| 1949 | #692 | 148 | #260 | 623 |
| 1948 | #622 | 177 | #269 | 606 |
| 1947 | #663 | 160 | #255 | 670 |
| 1946 | #601 | 172 | #229 | 683 |
| 1945 | #573 | 163 | #213 | 647 |
| 1944 | #544 | 176 | #208 | 706 |
| 1943 | #517 | 208 | #195 | 825 |
| 1942 | #536 | 191 | #200 | 788 |
| 1941 | #549 | 163 | #188 | 783 |
| 1940 | #550 | 156 | #190 | 755 |
| 1939 | #580 | 133 | #179 | 788 |
| 1938 | #544 | 157 | #175 | 827 |
| 1937 | #565 | 144 | #178 | 779 |
| 1936 | #554 | 138 | #172 | 789 |
| 1935 | #597 | 119 | #172 | 810 |
| 1934 | #665 | 102 | #164 | 874 |
| 1933 | #646 | 103 | #174 | 773 |
| 1932 | #715 | 90 | #173 | 816 |
| 1931 | #749 | 80 | #179 | 750 |
| 1930 | #744 | 88 | #181 | 757 |
| 1929 | #835 | 72 | #192 | 707 |
| 1928 | #902 | 66 | #208 | 655 |
| 1927 | #904 | 68 | #202 | 694 |
| 1926 | #843 | 76 | #193 | 738 |
| 1925 | #1,008 | 55 | #189 | 731 |
| 1924 | #999 | 58 | #207 | 669 |
| 1923 | #912 | 64 | #196 | 700 |
| 1922 | #1,022 | 54 | #228 | 589 |
| 1921 | #1,072 | 50 | #204 | 669 |
| 1920 | #1,206 | 40 | #212 | 607 |
| 1919 | #902 | 61 | #228 | 530 |
| 1918 | #900 | 63 | #231 | 521 |
| 1917 | #964 | 52 | #202 | 563 |
| 1916 | #1,167 | 37 | #205 | 541 |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 | #206 | 527 |
| 1914 | #1,059 | 32 | #211 | 382 |
| 1913 | #1,003 | 29 | #230 | 264 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #213 | 256 |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 | #240 | 113 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | #256 | 89 |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 | #235 | 87 |
| 1908 | #1,084 | 14 | #242 | 77 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | #244 | 72 |
| 1906 | — | #250 | 62 | |
| 1905 | — | #228 | 72 | |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 | #223 | 70 |
| 1903 | — | #233 | 60 | |
| 1902 | — | #256 | 52 | |
| 1901 | — | #254 | 46 | |
| 1900 | — | #244 | 69 | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #216 | 60 |
| 1898 | — | #245 | 51 | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | #222 | 58 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #255 | 50 |
| 1895 | — | #223 | 61 | |
| 1894 | — | #256 | 46 | |
| 1893 | — | #246 | 50 | |
| 1892 | — | #257 | 48 | |
| 1891 | — | #308 | 29 | |
| 1890 | — | #270 | 41 | |
| 1889 | — | #294 | 33 | |
| 1888 | — | #289 | 37 | |
| 1887 | — | #276 | 34 | |
| 1886 | — | #336 | 25 | |
| 1885 | — | #332 | 26 | |
| 1884 | — | #360 | 24 | |
| 1883 | — | #294 | 31 | |
| 1882 | — | #307 | 32 | |
| 1881 | — | #348 | 22 | |
| 1880 | — | #334 | 26 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Carroll was already there! It came in at #334, and was given to 26 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2020, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Carroll
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 60 spots in 1887 (#336 → #276)
- Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1978 (#904 → #1,109)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1934 at #164 (874 births)
- Births halved by 1953, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 98 yrs · run 1880–1977
- Highest: 1 in 1,181 boys born in 1934 were named Carroll (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,822 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 22.5% of all boys named Carroll (7,963) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 290 | #276 (1887) | #317 |
| 1890s | 494 | #216 (1899) | #250 |
| 1900s | 667 | #223 (1904) | #241 |
| 1910s | 3,786 | #202 (1917) | #222 |
| 1920s | 6,759 | #189 (1925) | #203 |
| 1930s | 7,963 | #164 (1934) | #175 |
| 1940s | 7,086 | #188 (1941) | #221 |
| 1950s | 4,170 | #285 (1950) | #366 |
| 1960s | 2,110 | #480 (1960) | #542 |
| 1970s | 1,042 | #672 (1970) | #842 |
| 1980s | 582 | #1,022 (1980) | #1,297 |
| 1990s | 259 | #1,730 (1990) | #3,010 |
| 2000s | 113 | #5,035 (2003) | #6,758 |
| 2010s | 91 | #5,659 (2013) | #8,535 |
| 2020s | 19 | #7,089 (2021) | #8,005 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Carroll in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 20,794 of them was named Carroll, which outranked 81.8% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #952Marybelle53
- #952Ottie53
- #952Rozella53
- #964Carroll52
- #964Cleda52
- #964Dimple52
- #964Juliana52
- #978Ana51
- #978Bernita51
- #978Clarabelle51
Tied with 13 names at #964; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 1,644 of them was named Carroll, which outranked 95.6% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.